HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Today on Weather U, we're discussing lightning and severe storms, and how they form. Lightning is a discharge of electricity in the atmosphere between clouds, the air, or the ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Tx — After a soggy week in the Coastal Bend, not only did we see some heavy downpours but we saw some thunderstorms roll through too. What follows behind thunder? Of course, it's ...

As summer begins and more people spend time outdoors, Floridians know that it’s likely to storm each afternoon from June to August. While lightning is fascinating to watch, it is also extremely ...

Summer 2024 is already smokin’ hot, and not in a good way. Deadly heat waves and record-breaking temperatures are affecting millions of Americans in the warmest months of the year. Summer ...

First of all, to get lightning we need warm air that is forced upwards. We call this the updraft and in that updraft, we have ice particles and water particles that collide and create positive and ...

In storm clouds, ice does more than just float or fall—it might actually help generate electricity. A new study in Nature Physicsfinds that when ordinary ice is bent, it can produce an electric charge ...

The right mix of hot, humid, rising air can produce some of the most powerful weather phenomena on the planet.

It's Severe Weather Awareness Week across the state of Florida, and each day, Spectrum News will break down a different hazard you could face this year. On Monday, we'll the focus on lightning and how ...